The Mexican president highlights the great achievements in his four years of rule

And in the report he sent to the nation on the occasion of the anniversary of his presidential inauguration on December 1, 2018, early this year to carry out the grand march that lasted nearly six hours, he explained each of these accomplishments.

These include care for indigenous peoples, guarantees of individual and group rights, support for poverty eradication, and direct benefits of social programs for 30 million of the country’s 35 families.

In addition to a minimum wage increase of 62 percent, remittances of more than twice the number of Mexicans abroad, labor reform, a free health policy, more than 22 million formal workers, and economic growth of 3.5 percent despite the crisis.

He also provided a list of the education sector, schools and universities that have been built, scholarships for students from pre-school to middle and higher education, vaccination of all residents against Covid-19, and employment of doctors.

Lopez Obrador specifically focused on the achievements in the fight against theft of gasoline, corruption, austerity and the elimination of excess spending, and showed this in the fact that in four years they did not buy a single car for officials.

He said that tax concessions ended because taxes on millionaires are no longer exempt, and with regard to the global economic crisis, he estimated that the gasoline subsidy strategy succeeded, which made it possible to control inflation, not fall into debt, and increase the budget. in 2018-23 by 57%.

He declared that the oil and all fuel that is produced in Mexico is indeed the property of the people, and he spoke of works done or under construction such as the Dos Bocas refinery, the Philippine Angeles airport, the Mayan train, and two coke barges. Plants, fertilizers and road infrastructure.

He also highlighted the achievements made in combating criminal violence without declaring war on it as in previous governments, thanks to the criteria for addressing the causes that generate it.

On the external front, he stressed that the opponents would not achieve confrontation with the United States, but rather would maintain a policy of respecting the independence and sovereignty of Mexico and the 40 million citizens living in the neighboring country and transferring 60 billion dollars. dollars to their families.

He said that Mexico is considered one of the countries in the world with the most options for foreign investment, and it has reached, with his government, historical levels such as this year, with more than 33 billion dollars.

He congratulated the elected President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on his electoral victory, and noted that the people of Latin America elected governments similar to his own.

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